The 10th IKF World Korfball Championship were held in the Belgian cities of Ghent, Tielen and Antwerp in 2015. Ghent and Tielen hosted the first and second round matches, whilst the placing matches and finals were all held in the Lotto Arena in Antwerp.
This tournament also acts as the qualification tournament for Korfball at the World Games 2017. Seven teams will qualify for the World Games, including first all non-European teams finishing in the top 11. As such, at least one and maximum six non-European teams will qualify. Then, the remaining slots will be filled by the top European teams in this competition, with the exception of Poland which have already qualified as host country of the World Games 2017.
The International Korfball Federation chose to award the hosting rights for the tournament to Belgium on 4 November 2011. The other hosting candidate was New Zealand, who planned to host the tournament in Wellington.
Qualified teams Team Method ofqualification Finalsappearance Previousappearance IKFRanking 2014 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship runners-up9th20118 Host country10th20112 2014 Pan-American Korfball Championship champions1st–36 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 9th place8th20117 2014 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 3rd place3rd201110 2014 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship champions8th20113 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 5th place5th20116 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 4th place10th20115 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 10th place10th20119 2014 Asia-Oceania Korfball Championship 4th place2nd201112 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 7th place3rd200714 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship champions10th20111 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 8th place5th201113 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 3rd place8th20114 2014 IKF European Korfball Championship 6th place3rd201111 2014 All-Africa Korfball Championship champions6th201115
First round All times listed are Central European Time (UTC+01)
The draw for the first round was made on 7 February 2015 and the matches will be played in Ghent and Tielen.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Second round All times listed are Central European Time (UTC+01)
The top two teams of each group in the first round advanced to the pools for the top 8th places (pools E and F), while the other teams move into pools G and H which will determine positions 9 to 16. In each second round pool the top two will advance to a finals playoff for the top positions, with the bottom two teams dropping into the playoffs for the bottom positions. During the second round, all matches will still be played in Ghent and Tielen, but due to the tournament structure, all teams that played in Ghent in round 1 will now play in Tielen and vice versa.
Pools for 1st–8th places
Pool E
Pool F
Pools for 9th–16th places
Pool G
Pool H
Finals All times listed are Central European Time (UTC+01)
The top two teams of pools E and F play the championship finals, while the other teams play for placing positions and possible qualification for the Korfball at the World Games 2017 tournament. Note that from this round on, all matches are played in the Lotto Arena in Antwerp.
13th–16th places
Bracket
13th–16th position placing matches
15th–16th place match
13th–14th place match
9th–12th places
Bracket
9th–12th position placing matches
11th–12th place match
9th–10th place match
5th–8th places
Bracket
5th–8th position placing matches
7th–8th place match
5th–6th place match
Championship semifinals
Bracket
Semifinals
3rd–4th place match
Final
Statistics
New record Jesse de Bremaeker of Belgium scored 14 goals against Russia on 31 October 2015, tying the record for most goals by a single player in a match during the IKF World Korfball Championship, early set by Barry Schep. Belgium won against Brazil by 62–15 on 1 November 2015, which is the new world record for most total goals in one match and most goals by a single team in one match in IKF World Korfball Championship. The previous record was set during the 2011 IKF World Korfball Championship, when Netherlands beat India by 61–11.
Final standings + KeyQualified for the 2017 World Games as non-European team in top-11Qualified for the 2017 World Games as best European team (remaining four places)Qualified for the 2017 World Games as hosts (already pre-tournament)
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See also Korfball World Championship International Korfball Federation
Notes
References
External links International Korfball Federation